START TO LIFE. METEOROLOGIST ERIC GREEN TAKES US TO EDGEWOOD TO MEET BARBIE THE BABY PORCUPINE; AND HEAR HER AMAZING SURVIVAL STORY. BARBIE THE PORCUPINE IS LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. THIS SPRING, BARBIE'S MOM WAS HIT AND KILLED BY A CAR. BARBIE WAS STILL IN THE WOMB AND IN DANGER! THEN SOMETHING AMAZING HAPPENED. SOME PASSERS BY SAW HER BEING BORN AND ONE OF THEM CUT HER OUT OF THE AMNIOTIC SACK AND TIED OFF THE UMBILICAL CORD AND TOOK HER TO A REHAB CENTER IN LUBBOCK. AFTER BEING NURSED BY HAND IN LUBBOCK FOR A COUPLE MONTHS, BARBIE WAS BROUGHT TO THE WILDLIFE WEST NATURE PARK IN EDGEWOOD, A HOME FOR INJURED AND REHABILITATED ANIMALS, WHERE SHE IS TAKING TO HER NEW HOME QUITE WELL! BECAUSE BARBIE'S MOM DIED IN THE CAR CRASH BEFORE SHE WAS BORN, BARBIE HAS ONLY KNOWN PEOPLE. THE SAD REALITY IS THAT NOW SHE CAN NEVER BE RELEASED BACK INTO THE WILD, BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS SHE IS VERY PERSONABLE, AND A GROWING FAVORITE HERE AT WILDLIFE WEST. SHE'S REALLY GOOD-NATURED, SHE LIKES PEOPLE, SHE LIKES TO CLIMB UP THE FENCE IN ORDER TO GET A BETTER LOOK AT PEOPLE. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT CUTE ANIMALS, MOVE OVER PUPPIES AND KITTENS, THERE APPEARS TO BE A NEW PORCUPINE IN TOWN, AND BARBIE IS ...ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE. IN EDGEWOOD, I'M E G KOAT 7. IF YOU WANT TO HEAD OUT TO EDGEWOOD TO SEE BARBIE AT THE WILDLIFE WEST NATURE PARK, IT'S OPEN DAILY FROM 10AM TO 6PM.